In this article, I am going to teach you how to make your WordPress.org website look even more professional by adding simple functions to pages (or posts) by using a little plugin called “Shortcodes Ultimate”.

Clever? These are the steps:

1. Login to your WordPress.org website.

2. Download and install the plugin

3. Activate the plugin

4. Go to a current web page or post

5. Decide on the style of the shortcode

6. Add your content to the shortcode

7. Publish the page / publication on the Internet.

Step one:

In this step, you need to make sure that your computer is connected to the internet and then you need to log into your website. If you haven’t done this before, you should have received your login and password information when the WordPress.org website was set up. Make sure this information is kept in a safe place to facilitate logging in next time.

Second step:

The name of the plugin is “Shortcodes Ultimate”, so make sure you are in the Control Panel of your website. Find the button / link called PLUGINS and click on it once to go to the Plugins page. Click the ADD NEW button and then type or copy / paste the name: Shortcodes Ultimate, and it has been created by Vladimir Anokhin.

When you can see the correct one, click to install the software.

Step three:

Your next step is to click to ACTIVATE the plugin, after which you may get a message saying that it has been successfully activated.

You can find the plugin now installed on your Dashboard, under the SETUP button. Click the Settings button, scroll down and select ACCESS CODES.

Now you will see a screen with the name of the plugin at the top, then 5 “tabs” with different options. Excellent! So far so good.

Step four:

Our next step is to use one of the shortcodes on a web page or post to your website.

Choose a page or post, by selecting PAGES or POSTS in the left / hand sidebar of the Control Panel and open it.

Once your page or post is open, you will be able to see the text that has already been created for this page or post.

Above the text is the small menu bar where you can select paragraph styles, font color, etc.

You should see a new tiny icon. It will look like a left and right bracket like this:

• the left bracket looks like this: [
• the left square brack looks like this — ]

Click inside the text, on a new line, where you would like your new shortcode element to appear.

Step five:

Now comes the good part. You can choose the type of shortcode you are going to insert!

Let’s start with the BOX feature (it’s a box with a colored caption or caption) very easy to make and it will look great if you feature a concept, product or service on your website page.

So you’ve already CLICKED on a new line within the text – great.

Now click on the DIRECT CODE ICON I mentioned – the two square brackets (which may appear to the right of the “Add Media” button).

From the drop down button, you will see a list of options; scroll down to the word BOX.

At this point, you have 2 options: type your information in THIS dialog box or type your information AFTER inserting the box on your page, the choice is yours.

Step six:

The 3 options available to you are: Box Title (Legend), Box Color, Content. Fill in the information or just choose a color for the box. When you’re ready, click the INSERT button.

Now you can add your content (title and other text) inside the shortcode and make it look how you want. You can create paragraphs within code and also add hyperlinks to other pages.

Step seven:

Your last step is to publish the page / post on the internet, by clicking on the PUBLISH button (if it is a new page or post), or click on the UPDATE button if you had previously saved it.

Hope you enjoyed this article, “How to Make Your Web Pages Look Professional in 7 Steps Using the Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin”.

When I first started using this plugin, I was extremely satisfied with how good my clients’ web pages looked, and I hope it helps make your site look great too.